Evaluation of Physiological Parameters of Broilers with Dorsal Cranial Myopathy

ABSTRACT There are several causes of carcass condemnation in poultry processing plants, including dorsal cranial myopathy (DCM), in which the anterior latissimus dorsi (ALD) muscle is affected. DCM etiology has not been elucidated yet, but this lesion impairs the visual quality of carcasses and caus...

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Main Authors: PC Amaral, C Zimermann, LR Santos, M Noro, MD Prá, F Pilotto, LB Rodrigues, EL Dickel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação APINCO de Ciência e Tecnologia Avícolas
Series:Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2017000100069&lng=en&tlng=en